New Moon Sketches

The picture below shows the Sinus Iridium, a bay opening onto the Mare Imbrium.  The large crater to the left is Plato.  Numbers on the drawing are explained by a key at right.  The drawing was done on September 20, 1999, during the waxing third quarter.   South is "up" with this sketch.
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Legend--
  1.  Sinus Iridium
  2.  Montes Recti
  3.  Crater "Plato"
  4.  Mare Frigoris
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Feel Free to compare the sketch to a  photo of this region on the right.
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